Sectional radiator



Mmh 24,- 1931.

F. YOUNG S'ECTIONAL RADIATOR Filed Nov. 26,

. [720672 Fred faaazg.

50 3255365. M W M,

Patented Mar. 24,1931

' the water tubes.

"tion 'engines and Jparticularlyito improve- .rnEn1u. roun er aeol an, WISCONSIN SECTIONALRA'DIATOR' Application? filed. Nevember 26, legs. sei ai 'm; $21 917.

The centralrportions-of the Qshapedbeaiing elements: are allowed toremainEsubstantialIy in the plane of the sheet-metalplate, thereby providing :a,protr iid-ing ring strengthened by o'ifset :inner 'and outer peripheries.

Any suitable 11111111 081 of .core sections :may I be mounted .in-a rectangular frame with the ;-protrudingj portions of adj acent side plates in registration with and=-bearing upon each other. To:pand 'rbOtl'iOlllrhGildQI: tan-ks comm-u'nieati vely' connect -wi-th ;the upper ::and V lower ends: of the score: sect-ions, irespectively, core sections, when the latter are grouped to and the latter are rigidly secured tor-the" top gether in an intercommunicative series, to -and-bottom ofthe frame. filnorderito obprevent crystallization of the materials thereitdinra wmp VibmtiOIP- S iEgt, of and untimely failure of the core sections, the-core sections.- are installed inthe frameinto provide an improved construction for dividually-and eachis'ection is compressed; by strengthening the individual radiator core actual pressure against;the-;ad-j'acentsectio11 sections, to provide sectional radiator cores of "before its{extremitieseare fixedtothe frame. such construction as to causev substantially ln theaccompanying,drawings I i-chave uniform compression of all the coresections -.-illustrated-aspecific embodiment ofmyinin mounting the latter in a frame in compact 'vention i-n which and solid relation, to provide the side struc- .1Figurerleisi-a'front-elevationofan incomtures of each of the individual core sections 'p'leted radiator. I v i i With registering outwardly protruding bear- 2-is aside elevationi-of arradiatoncore ing portions for resiliently resisting such section. r v compression, and to provide outwardly pro- F 1g. 3 is a fragmentarysectiontaken on truding bearing elements having spaced in- 181 116353 ofliig, 2. j ner and outer continuous edges for resisting I fl s n l he a ngS,-tlie distortion thereof. It is also a purpose of radiator frame l-comprisestop andeb tt th i ti t vid i r v d b aring -header tanks2 and3 supportedbysidememmeans for adjacent core sections which per-- bersaof ther l h W i igfl-and mit the passage of air around said bearing communicativelyconnectedTtogether 'by rameans. diator corer'sections. 6;.bolted toz apertured-ex- These objects are attained by means of the structure and arrangement illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which show a radiator core comprising individual core sections or units each having sheet metal side mem This invention relates to radiator construction fOI' COOIIHg systems :of internal combusments in the construction of individual radiator core sections. .xApplicants co-pending application for patent Serial No. 318 108, filedNOVember E); 1 928, discloses and claims a section of radiator of the general type to which the present improvements relate.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved structure for avoiding relative vibration of theindividual radiator respectively; c -YThe'core sections 6- each comprise' a pluralityof Water tubes 7 ,which are: firmly-held ingspaced relation by agplural;ity.-o fsuperimbers. Each core section comprises a plural posed-radiatorifins-8. Theefront a-ndgrear ity of Water tubes and a plurality of super- --of' the core sections (irareopen 'and the sides imposed radiator fins arranged laterally of -flofzea-chesection are"closed'byJside-plates9. The front and rear of thefiThese-side p-l'ates ipreferabjly comprise-sheet radiator core sections are open and the sidesametal rand are ;;provided,- substantially thereof are closed by the sheet metal side ithroughout theirlength, -Wil3l1 spaced outplates. wardlyprotruding ,bosses or hearing sur- The side plates are provided with spaced flfacesllO. ,Therprotruding portions 10. --shown outwardly extending Q-shaped bearing porintthel'drawings are substantially?D-shaped tions arranged in longitudinal alinement subs. 'and ar forme'dliby a ,stampingwoperation. stantially throughout the length of the plates. 2A y desired,zfigiirationmay ,bernsedibutuit is tensions-Land 5 :of theiheaderi tanks 2--and preferable to employ a bearing member having an outline of continuous curvature, because the continuous edges thereof suitably resist compression. The central portion 11 of the plate confined within the O-shaped bearing element is substantially in the plane of the sheet metal side plate and the bearing surface 10 is bounded by an outer edge portion or periphery 12 and an inner edge portion or periphery 13. I

This ring-shaped construction provides two substantially continuous edge portions for firmly supporting the bearing surface 10 in advance of the outer surface 14 of the side plate. The upper and lower extremitiesof the core section 6 are capped by heads 15 and 16 respectively, each of which are provided with apertured flanges 17.

When a sectional radiator embodying my invention is assembled, each section or unit of the radiator core is mounted in the frame 1 individually. The apertures 18 in the exten sions 1 and 5 of the top and bottom header tanks2 and 3 respectively are so arranged as a to require the application of pressure on the sections in a lateral direction in order to register the apertures 17 of the flanges 17 therewith. r a

When the first core section is mounted on the frame it is firmly pressed against one side of the frame 1 as viewed in Fig. 1, to that extent required to admit the bolts 19 tobe'inserted through the apertures 17 and 18 in the flanges and frame respectively. The bearing surfaceslO which protrude in advance of the side plate 9 arecompressed tightly against the side'of the frame and are held thereagainst by the bolts119." The entire space between the Vertical sides, of the frame 1 is filled by mounting one core section at a time in the frame in the manner described above.

After the first core section is properly mounted in the frame, the subsequent sections are compressed one against the other in the order of their installation in the frame, and the bearingsurfaces 1 0 ofadjacent core sections are held in registration with each other and firmly held together by attachment of the heads 15 and 16 to the extensions 4 and 5 of the header tanks 2 and 3 respectively.

The bearing members formed by the protruding bosses 10 are sufficiently resilient to' absorb the usual shock to which a device of the class describeclis ordinarily subjected, and the edge portions 12 and 13 of the hearing surfaces 10 suitably strengthen the latter for resisting distortion. above described construction and arrangement the compression between-adjacent core sections is uniform throughout the entire ra diator, and relative vibration of individual sections or groups of sections is prevented.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention has been herein shown and dejacent sections of said radiator, said spacer member being so formed as to permit the passage horizontally'of air between said sections.

Signed'at Racine this 21st day of Novena.-

ber, 1928. I

FRED M. YOUNG.

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